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ewe service in the innoxious clime of the coasts of Colombia, ought to have shielded his name from at- tack, and proves, at all events, that the Admiralty had not in his case conferred promotion on an officer who was wanting in zeal, or unwilling to risk his life in his professional duty. • A Dauders Mail arrived this morning, from which we have made some extracts. It appears that LORD COCHRANE still remains at Brussels, although it had been. previously asserted that he had arrived in Greece :--- BRussxts, Arair. 14, A )3ritish Cabinet Afessen r ger, coming from London, passed through this city yesterday at noon : he is the bearer of dig patehel for the Duke of Wellington, whom bo expected, as he said, to meet at Berlin. AUother British Cabinet Messenger also passed through las night; he came from Constantinople, and was to proceed -to Lou• don with. alt speed. FRANKFORT ) APRIL 9. A Cabinet Order of the King of Prussia of 18th January last, re-establishes in the provinces on the Bank of the Rhine the pri vileges of he Nobility, which were abolished under the French Rejnthlk. Ilia Xing has reduced the postage on money sent by the Royal Post-offituk. It is observed that the Prussian State Gazette gives very long details of the debates in the French Chamber of Peers, all upon the pyoposecl law for establishing the primogeniture. It may be remembered that the German Journals have said, that the Coun cil of State at Berlin had been discussing a similar question. BRUSSELS, APRIL la Afatthieu Laensbergh giVeS the following particulars of a dread ful critne--the result of ignorance and' sueerstition, which has just been committed in a village near Huy : Oa Monday last (April 10):a poor woman having gone to the house of the miller Gehoulet, at Aloha, to carry home some hemp which had been given her to spin. The sons of the miller, on the authority of a woman who told fortunes from cards that this poor woman was a witch, they made a fire of faggots, over which they suspended the poor creature, end would certainly have put her to death had not her cries brought some persons to her assist ancp. The villains.had already given her a wound in the breast with some sharp instrument; it is believed that it will prove mortal. • The, three assassins have been arrested by the Afare riuntisee. Romit, MARCH 31. The following paper which is in circulation here is the subject of general conversation. There are various opinions respecting the authors of this curious piece, sotue.pretexid that it is the copy of a circular formerly sent to all the members of a great associa. tion; others that it has served . as the test of a bull ; others be lieve that it is apocryphal and purposely.spreud among the public to give food to malevolence; we are entirely of this Qpinion. Supremacy of the Court of Rome and arguments t en di ng t o . . _ • justify it. " It is complained that the social body is in a state of langour and uneasiness; that it is being disorganised that evils of all kinds oppreAs at the same time individuals, families, towns, and states. " Can it be otherwise, where every thing is confusion and disorder; where those who scarcely know how to obey, insist upon commanding; when individuals are misplaced, powers con fouioted, principles disregarded? " The Church and its Ministers have on earth a legitimate authority, a pre-emincuce above all powerg which it would be. in vain to dispute. They emanate from the nature of things, from the divinity itself.. The Atheist alone overlooks these great truths. "if We admit the existence of God, we mast also believe in the immortality of the soul, anti a future life. paifie throug this orld is nothing, our .existenee ia in ss futurity, and h all our w futurity in eternal life. whole "'Our short and frail existence is therefore only a preparation for another life. " It is there a more elevated, a more important function than that of priest, who is commissioned to purify and fortify o u r souls, to justify man and to render him worthy to appear before hie God. "But, in the midst of these public functions, should narrow point, be prescribed him? Forced to limit his mission to the teaching of dogmas to the observance of the rites, shall he remain a stranger to all the rest? and shall the shepherd abandon his dock in the midst of precipices? • • "Clod being invisible on earth, cannot manifest himself to man except by his, church: His image is the altar, and his representa tives on earth. "Ilut why should they represent God if they cannot cause his !out mends to be obs e r ve d ? w hy are th ey th e ministers of his worship if they cannot cause it to le respected? How should they be the mediators bet Ween the creature and the Creator, if they have no influence, no authority? .Lastly, if their divine mission is ac knowledged, it cannot be desired to render it ineffectually usdess. ." It follows from thole principles that these Ministers of reli gion cannot be subject to human laws, except so far as they have been sinictioned.by the church. " In fact, civil , laws, made for the .amelioration of the human species, cannot attain that object except by being made to har monise with the Divine law. Noir; what magistrate; if it is Cot the ecclesiastical authority, would be competent to appre ciate this agreement? " The meanest stall in the temple of the Lord is above all thrones, and the supremacy of th e p r i nces o f t h e c h urch over the princes of the earth is founded on divine right, and must be con sidered as the basis of social order. •" To contest this principle is to seek to place the weak and uncertain will of man fell above the immortal and infinite power of God; it is disregarding' the divinity itself." T he 2VOtizie del Giorno of yesterday gives accounts from u rm 'esa.iff the 9th of March. • They say that the Turkish com anOere of that pl ace h ave sent away a great number of &milks, n order t(i'lodge 7,000 Ottoman soldiers wounded iu the late at tack made b y Ib rahim upon Missolonglii. Thi s j ournal adds liat it is confirmed from all quarters that 'Mullis has taken a Convoy of . 25 richly laden Egyptian ships; sent by the Pacha of Egypt to Constantinople. A itliort is current that the Greeks, by a very bold coup de main, have made themselves masters of seven inagaiines, filled with provisions and ammunition, in Thessaly and Olympus. The same JoUrnal, on the authority of a letter from Zante, of 22d February, states, that a vessel dispatch e d by the Greek Com mittee at Paris had landed in that island. a Deputy from the , Committee, 18 officers, 5,000 markets, and 5,000 uniforms; and these officers affirmed that the , Philhelleni s at Philadelphia would send to the aid of the Greeks seven ships of war, two of which are•steum vessels. • The most corisiderable inhabitants of the l%iorea are now at te'consider on means of saving the country. Ba Art, 13. While th e F renc h J ournals made Lord nssrcs, Cochranearrive at Zante,and announce that that celebrated Admiral is going to defend t he cause of the Greeks, the Noble Lord is residing in Brussels, and every day rides on horsehack on our ramparts.—(Brusseis "Fen, April 15.) . . . . , The Times o f this morning says, that a lette r h as 'Zen r ece i ve d f rom Berlin, which states that the ltuasian ultimatuin' on the long-diSpined question re lative to the northern provinces of Turkey.? has been kit to C onstantinople, that the. Emperor NICHOLAS 1, CO MMUlliCated Copies :. of the ultimatum to th e .uk e of Wtr.LlrroxoN„ and to all the foreign E n .. VO 9 B at the Court of. St. Petersbugh. That, i t w ithi n a ' fixed period the terms of the treaty are not fulfilled !Iy the appointment of hospodars, &e,, it is said to be he declared it of NICHOLAS to mnrch a di 1i1461 of his'army to the frontiers of Turkey, and, the event of a further delay in the face of this hosti le.demonstrati on , taken Walachia he will cause possession to be v e of and Moldavia, and place the Go nunent of them on the footing prescribedbythetreaty wit h the : T ur k s. - - THE FLTNb S. City, Quarter past Two.—The subscription for funding is filled. up—We have not yet learnt from au thority how much more than 8,000,000 was sub scribed for, but from the number of persons who were seen at the Cashier's Office, anxious to subscribe, we have no doubt that the applications consi derably exceed the amount required. Consols are 79.1-k, and looking very well, and the New Scrip bears a premium of ÷ per cent. In Foreign Securi ties there is nothing doing. Report says that 13 millions have been subscribed, but we understand that no answer will be given from the Bank until to-morrow, as the applications have been immense, and the accounts cannot be made up as yet. (FROM A COHRESNIMENT.) It has been a matter of surprise that the notice to fund eight millions of Exchequer Bills, which was, announced at the Stock Exchange last Wednesday, has produced so trifling a fluctuation in the price of Stocks. But the Ministers' intention having been so long known, it is presumed that the Monied Interest has been quite prepared to meet it. We have already acquainted our readers with the detail of the proposed measures, viz. to give 1071. in a new 4 per cent. stock, for every 1001. principal of Exche quer Bills subscribed—or for 1001. 101. subscribed in money; the dividend to be paid in April and October, and the stock thus created not to be paid off till 1833. The price of con sols, when the funding was announced, was 79! ; on the follow ing day (Thursday) they reached 80i and fell on the same evening to 79; from which price to 79a, they have since fluc tuated, and they left off on Sao:.rday at 79 j, both for money and time. A great quantity of stock, for time, has been sold by the speculators, who are sanguine in their expectation of a fall; but while there exists so great a scarcity of money stock of all de scriptions, we onnot foresee any great alteration in the stocks, unless any political event should intervene, or unless the com mercial world should be again visited with the scenes of distress and difficulty from which it has now, at least in a great degree, happily recovered. The public will not be surprised at seeing an alteration for the worse in the price of almost all Foreign Secu rities; and, in addition to the distrust which the holders of them feel, it cannot be a source of comfort to see an advertisement in Saturday's Paper from the Agent of the Peruvian Government, announcing that he is no longer in a situation, for want of funds, to pay the dividends on their bonds. A Paper, containing a statement of Exchequer Balances of Payments in the year ending sth January 1826, has been printed by Order of the House of Commons, the general result of whiehmay' be seen by the following abstract.; sth January, 1825. Balance in the Ex= • sth Januarz, 11325. Alliance iri the , chequer . X 9,552,622 chequer . : X 6,305,638 Receipts in the year 37,273,869 Payments in the year 51,620,0213 Debt created by sale • Folded and u nfund. of Es.chequerßills 20,734,050 ed Debt redeemed 311,634,775 £95,500,441 X95;66d,44 By this statement, it will be observed, that the pub lic debt of the country, during the year, was lessened to the extent of 9,900,7251. Of this sum, however, it is fair to remark, that 4,246,884/. arose from the balance in the Exchequer having been diminished to that amount. Making due allowance for that sum, the actual reduction of the debt in the year was 5,653,8411, which is a triumphant answer to those who assert that no diminution of the Public Debt has been , effected. CAPTAIN THOMAS ALEXANDER, R.N., C.B. In another part of our Paper, we have reported the death of this Gallant Officer, while serving at Rangoon in the month of November last. Captain ALEXANDER entered 'his Majesty's service in April, 1795, and was made a Lieutenant in Ja nuary, 1802. In April, 1809, he was promoted to the rank of Commander, and shortly after acted in the command of the Zenobia. In 1812, Captain ALEXANDER was appointed to the Devastation bomb-vessel, was employed in the Baltic, and subsequently on the coast of North America. While commanding the Devastation, he was pre sent at the destruction of Fort Washington, and the capitulation of Alexandria, in the river Potowmae, in August, 1814. In the month of October following, he landed with a party of two hundred seamen and marines, at a place called Parker's Point, where he was attacked by an enemy's force of 114 cavalry and 1,000 infantry, with five field pieces, which, by the good conduct of the detachment under his orders, he repulsed, taking 1,000 prisoners and 20 horses, and afterwards re-embarked without loss. Captain ALEXANDER was honoured for his gallant services, by being nominated a Companion of the Bath, in 1815. He was appointed, in the spring of 1822, to his Majesty's ship Alligator, fitting out in the River, in which ship he proceeded to the East Inclies, where his valuable life was terminated by cholera while com manding the flotilla at Rangoon. Captain ALEXANDER was highly respected both in his private and public character, and has left a widow and children to lament his loss. He was in the 41st year of his age. A Gentleman has just landed at Dover from Calais, who left Constantinople on the 23d ult. He states that Missolonghi was not then taken, but it was expected to fall daily. The scenes of human butchery between the Turks and Greeks, he describes as shocking in the extreme. In one of the Greek Islands which was conquered by the Turks, the whole of the inhabitants 3000 souls were put to death. After which the Greeks retook it, and finding there about 6000 Turks massacred them without quarter. The bodies whre left in heaps above ground, but did not become offensive on account of their being literally parched and the in tense heat of the sun..—( Cinque Ports Herald, April 15.) DIED, on Monday last, at Tunbridge Wells, :uni versally respected and regretted, the Lady of T. P. BINGIIAM, Esq. " The concord of sweet sounds" was never, we believe, more generally enjoyed in London than at the present moment, especially dramatic concord. At' Covent-Garden, this evening, the bill of fare is wholly musical_WEßEß'S Oberon and Dr. Busily's Tale 9f Mystery !—The latter piece, by the bye, was the first melo-drama ever performed in this country. (COURT CIRCULAR.) On Saturday morning,' at half-past ten o'clock, the Lords of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Coun cil, assembled at the Council Office, Whitehall-place, to hear and determine French Appeals. The Lords present were the Lord President of the Council, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, the Judge of the Arches Court, the Muster of the Rolls, and Lord Col= chester. The appeal which principally occupied their Lordship's attention, was that of George Theith and Co. who were residents in Ostend in the year 1794, when the French army took possession of that place, and continued there' till the year 1796, when Ostend became p ar t o f t h e dominions of France. The value of the property which is the subject of appeal, amounts to 773,000 livres. The King's Advocate, Mr. Fonblanque, and two other Banisters, were heard by their Lordships upon the appeal. On Saturday afternoon Sir Charles Long had an interview with the Edrl of Liverpool, at his house in Whitehall. Saturday, at twelve o'clock, the Earl of Liverpool, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Huskisson had a long interview with Mr. Secretary Canning, at his house in Downing -street: On Saturday evening, about seven o'clock, Mr. Krausohe King's Messenger, arrived at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, with dispatches from the Right Hon, Stratford; Canning, our. Ambassador at Constan tinc;ple; to Mr:'Secretarv'taiining. Mr. Kraus also brought dispatches &Din the Right Hon. Henry 'Wel lesley, the British Ambassador at Vienna, dated up to the 6th instant, having passed through Vienna on his journey._ The Cabinet Council, which was held yesterday afternoon, did not assemble, as was reported, in con sec-pence of the dispatches, which Mr. Kraus, the King's Messenger, arrived with on Saturday from Constantinople, which place he left at a short notice, but we understand orders were given on Friday even ing for summoning a Cabinet Council yesterdays' Two o'clock was the hour appointed for the Members to as semble, but it was half-past two before they had allarrived at the Foreign Office,, and they commenced their de liberations, which continued. till half-past four. The Lord Chancellor and all the Members of the Cabinet Council were present. Mr. Kraus, the King's Messenger, attended Mr. Stratford. Canning, from England to Constantinople, in the Revenge,' 74 gun ship. They had only ar rived three days in Constantinople, when his Ex cellency Mr. Stratford Canning sent off' Mr. Kraus with dispatches fur Enaoland. KING'S THEATRE. A brilliant and crowded audience witnessed on Sa turday evening, at this Theatre, the repetition of Teakaldo e Edina. Sonie of the melodies are as original as striking, and, in many instance's, the accent . given to the recitation is at once true and forcible. VELUTI and Madame CARADORI were 'as admirable as ever, and as highly deserved the 'applause with which their. .several excellences were received. MoßLAcul's music was succeeded by that of BOCIISA, in: the new ballet of La Naissance de Venus, with the various movements, in which we are much delighted. .The scores of this Composer are alWays clear and compre hensive, and no less evince his theoretical knowledge than his just conception of whatever subject he treats. Yesterday: being . the first Sunday in .Easter Term; the. Judges, in .their scarlet robes, &e., wont in pro. cession to St. Paul's Cathedral, according to annual enstein. They were escorted to the churchyard by the City Marshals, and entered the cathedral by the southern entrance. The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriff, &c. entered, iu grand costume, at the oppo site side. FEMALE HEROISM.—We have. to record an in stance of female heroism, in a servant of Mr. Ridding, the Town Clerk, that is rarely equalled. About two o'clock this morning Elizabeth Oakley, the female in question, wait aWa. kened by a noise below stairs ; having alarmed Miss Ridding, and informed her of the circumstance, the courageous girl descended to reconnoiter, and arniing' herself with two pokers, discovered, when she reached the second landing place, two men with a lighted 'candle in the passage, and the office and cellar doors open. On observing the men, she called aloud the names of Mr. Ridding',~ clerks, at though summon. tug assistance, but this wax of no avail, as one of the vii. lams, telling her, with an oath, that he knew there was no man in the house, immediately began to ascend the stairs.— The girl instantly made several blows at him with one of the pokers. which be, however, parried with his arms: anti, at length, wrenched it from her hold, and in so doing, staggered thwri the stairs. She then threw the other poker at him, hut missed hin t . Th e ot h er ruffian, who had re. mained in the passage, now betrayed- his fears of detec. Lion, and endeavoured to persuade his companion to go away : this he refused, and again endeavoured to ascend, but was repulsed by the g:rl, who had armed herself with some large pieces of coal from a coal, s k utt l e , w hi c h l uc kil y stood on the landing place, and by throwin r aome,large lumps of coals at him, as he attempted to ascend, she kept him at. bay, until the villain observing that her niimiles Were expended, again endeavoured to rush up the stairs, When, at ,the impulse of the moment, the girl threw the coal scuttle (a heavy copper one), coals and all, with her whole strength, at the hand of her assailant ; this blow took effect on his forehead; he fell backwards down the stairs, and was carried off by the other villain down the cellar stairs ; by , this time a watchm a n , w h o h a d b een a l arme d by th e cr iesof the other f ema l es f rom t h e window, arrived, and on being ' inform e d o f the circumstance,after springing his rattle, walked deliberately vp t o t h e cage to procure assi,tance ; on the arrival of which it was discovered that the thieves had gained an en trance by scaling the garden wall, forcing open the shutters of the back cellar, an d thus ascending into the house: In the passage were three Coats, ready placed for removal ; and in the back yard wax f ound a tray, conta i n i ng the plate of the family, and some tonsil boxes, taken from thekitchen and laundry, and a considerable quantity of meat taken from the larder. A great quantity of blood was found on the spot where the fellow tell, and a large pi ece o f fl es h, w hich bad. been cut by th e scutt l e from his face. We are happi to find that the girl is lik e ly to be rewarded for her extraordinary courage by several gentle. men, amongst whom are It. Trollope, Esq., N. Ogle, Esq., Maul, Esq., and several others of equal respectability, they having commenced a subscription (to which no person is allowed to contribute more than ten shillings), with which they purpose purchasing for her, an annuity in the Hants Friendley Somety.—(Southatnpion Herald.) An Inquisition was held on the Ist instant, at Flackwell-heath, Woburn, on view of the body of an infant aged about 15 months, named Caroline Rubland. The child had only a few minutes strayed from its mother into the garden, where it fell into a deep pool of water. Verdict--" Accidentally drowned." On Tuesday morning between six and seven o'clock, a male child, about five years old, in the absence of his mother, who occupies a garret at the head of the College Wynd, and had gone out for water, took the opportunity of scrambling out of a window on the roof, in a state of nudity, and continued its dangerous excursion till it arrived at the very edge of the slates, which overlook a height of three stories, when it became first sensible of its danger, and began to cry. 'The sound attracted the notice of a woman from the nearest window, but who, in a situation so critical, could render no effec tual assistance; she ventured, however, to reach a cross piece of wood she had for drying clothes, which she contrived so to fasten between her window and the roof, as to guard the child from the immediate danger of falling. At this crisis he attracted the im tice of the men belonging to Mr. Burns, the upholsterer, in the neighbourhood, who, with the assistance of a ladder, succeeded in releasing the juvenile adventurer from his perilous sittuttion.— (Edinburph Courant, April 15.) FAS=N'ABLE INTELLIGENCE. THE RING. Wlsrnsoa, Arm 16.—Divine Service was this morning Per formed at the private Chapel by the Rev. Dr. Stunner before the Royal Household. His MAJESTY vas not present. This after noon his Majesty took his usual airing in, the Great Park for two hours, accompanied by the Lord Steward, in his pony phaeton. Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, his Majesty left his Poyal Lodge and drove -himself in his pony phaeton, through the pad docks, and by Frogmore Lodge to the Castle. His Majesty entered the quadrangle, where he remained some time inspecting the works; and after driving round the Palace in the Little Park left the Castle, and' continued his airing Until half-past five o'clock. The band of the Life Guards, stationed in Windsor, delighted the company by their performances this afternoon on the Terrace, from three o'dock until five. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS fur the WEEK. THIS Evallora.—The Countess Grosvenor's assembly; the Countess of Belfast's rout; Mrs. Howard's ball, in Gloucester place ; Mrs. Gwynne's ball, in Park-street. TO-MOUROW.—Countess of Arran's card party. Wienwasnity.—Marchionew Dowager of Salisbury ' s assembly; the third grand ball at Almack's. THURSDAY.--0011/Itall of Arran's party; Lady Row's rout, in Old Palace-yard ; Mrs. Beaumont's ball, in Portman-sqfiare .Ikfrs. Hornby'l ball, - in Portland-place; Mrs. Walter's Jones's rout, in Bolton-row. FRIDAY.--The Countms of Charleville's party ; the grand fete at the Opera House; Mr. Vaughan's grand concert at the King's rooms, Hanover-square.' SATURDAY.—Countess of Arran's party. SU N DAY.—Marchioneee Dowager of Salisbury's col/versa zione ; Countess St. Antonio's sacred music party. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. The Duke of. St. Alhan's had a grand dinner party on Satur day, at his house in St. James's-square. Lady Triggs entertained a distinguished party of fishionahles on Saturday evening, at her house in Saville-street. The Countess of .Hardwieke's rout on Friday evening, in St. James's-square, was very elegantly attended. Sir Robert Farquhar, Bart. had a dinner party on Saturday, at his house in Bruton-street, Berkeley-square. The Duke of Norfolk entertained a distingttished party at dinner yesterday, at his house in St. James's-square. W. Blake, Esq. entertained the Marquis and Nlarclaioness of Lansdown, and a large party, at dinner, on Saturday, at his house in Portland-place. FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS. Lord Molyneux left town yesterday for Lord Anson's seat, in Staffordshire. The Earl and Countess of Sefton and the Ladies Mo'plena arrived in town on Saturday, from Newmarket. Earl Stanhope arrived yesterday at Lord Carrington's, White hall, from Devonshire. Lord Anson has left town for his twat in Staffordshire. The Duchess of Glougester visited the I'rincos Augusta on Saturday. The Princess Augusta attended Divine Service yesterday morn ing at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Yesterday morning Prince Leopold attended Divine Service at St. Philip's Chapel, Ilegent-street. • The Duchess of Gloucester and Princess Sophia visited the Princess Augusta yesterday: On Saturday the Chancellor of the } - chequer gave a grand dinner to a numerous assemblage of the Members of the House of Commons. • Saturday Mr. Retiretary Canning had a numerous party. WII ;P, 186.---The KING has been pleased to permit the Hon. CUARLVS PERCY , of Guys Cliffe, in the County of Warwick, M.P. for Newport, in Corn wall, youngest son of the Earl of Beverley, to take the Surnames of Greathead J.lertie, in addition .to and before that of Percy.' His 111.ascsTv has also permitted the Hon. Edward Alarrnaduke Stourton, of Houghton Lodge, in the County of York, and of Haslewood, in the same County, to take the surname of Vaoasour only; and George Virroughton Montagu, of Welcot House, in the County of Wilts, Esq., a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, eldest son and heir of Admiral Sir Geo. Montagu, G.G.8., to take the surname of Wrougbton, only. MALT Dure.—On Wednesday a deputation waited upon Mr. Herries, Secretary to the Lords of the Treasury, to lay before him the complaint of the maltsters, of the extra duty imposed last les sion, of which we have spoken before. The deputation, Mr. C. Brown of Norwich ; Mr. Buchanan, of Stowmarket; Mr. Norman, of M nningtree; and Mr. Brown, of Colchester, was accompanied by Sir Eliab Harvey, Sir John Sebright, and Mr. Wodehousu, Members for Essex, Herts, and Norfolk. At this interview Mr. llerries, who promised to lay the complaint before the Lords of the Treasury, disclaimed on their part all knowledge of any additional tax having been imposed. It wax the dirty work then, of some underling, who prepared the clause for the act, which imposed upon the legislature, and is now robbing the maltster. We have seen a letter from one of the persons who was present at this interview. After speaking of Mr. llerries as being a gentleman, and complete man of business, who per feetly understands the details on which the complaint of the maltsters is founded, the w r it er p rocee d s to observe-" As far as I can judge, from what passed on this occasion, I should. say, that the allowancewill be granted from the time the ordeeismade, but I don't think it will take a retrospective effect," Thus far, then, there is good reason to hope that relief will be obtained.— ( Stiffolk Chronicle.) DRVADITL CIRC . IIit Nett. —About twelve o'clo c k l as t n i g ht, as a watchman, named Williams, was going his round through Stamford-street, Bluelcfriars, be was called upon by the inmates of a house kept by a Mr. John Davidson, in that street, to hasten and prevent that gentleman from putting. an end to his life. Mr. Davidson it appeared, had attempted to commit violence upon him self in the house, hut was prevented by the servants, and he then rushed outside the street door, with a razor in his hand. The watchman hastened to the unfortunate man, and arrived at the very moment when he was about to lift the razor to his head. The watchman seized him by the collar with one hand, and struck him. on the arm with his stick, with the, intention of knocking the razor out of his hand. In this attempt he unfortunately did not succeed, and Mr. David son, under the impulse of phrenzy, struck the watchman with the razor precisely under the left ear, and inflicted a most dreadful wound. Poor Williams fell to the ground, and some other watchmen coming to his assistance, be welt taken to the watch-house near the Surrey Theatre, where several surgeons immediately attended, and hound up the wound, but they gave very faint hopes , of his recovery. The wound bled most profusely. The unfortunate man was then put into a hackney coach, and conveyed to Guy's Hospital. On hi s arrival, he was wholly insensible. The surgeons of that esta- blishment gave it as their opinion that he would not live many hours. After Mr. Davidson had committed the dreadful act, he returned to his house, and was preparing to retire t o bed, when several constables entered his room, and took him into custody, and .placed him in the watch-house. Ile gave no explanation of his conduct, but it iv supposed that he is insane. y e sterday the Presbytery of Edinburgh met in Lady Glenorelay's dupe ' , f or t h e purpose of ordaining the Rev. John Purves sistant and successor to the Rev. Dr. Jones of that chapel.— After an excellent and appropriate discourse from Heb. by the itev. Dr. Gilchrist, of Canongate, Mr. Purves was ordained to his sacred office. The greater number of the Ministers of the Presbytery were present ; and the chapel, although large, was well fined. --(Edinburgh Courant, April 15.) LAW INTELLIGENCE. • COURT OF COMMON PLEAR.--(Tuu DAy.) TOOTH V. BAGWELL. 'Ali case, with which the public are familiar from the discussions which have heretofore taken place in the Court respecting the forms to be observed in, as-. ptuinelling # J ur y, came on this looming before th e four Judges and sixteen Special jtirymen, four of whom are knights. It involVes property to a consi derable amount ; but nothing of public interest,.except the novelty attending it (it being,the only.,trial,,itt, bar which has taken place for many years), It is. likely to occupy.the . attention of the Court-till a late hour. COURT OF CHANCERY, s Aratt,A6. TUX NSW COURT. Mr. HART reminded his Lordship, that some time sinw be had directed'him to mention the case of Edenhorough v. tt,s, Bishop of London,", and on that occasion his Lordship said he would fix a day for hearing it early in,this tern'. The LORD Cuaziexid,ou unwed Wednesday, tOr that purpo6e. His Lordship thtii observed, that he felt the greateJt difficulty in hearing Counsel in this Court, and the difficulty increased ail the Court appeared to fill. Mr. SUGDEN said, that the bar experienced . the same diffi culty in a very gre . at degree. The Learned Gentimmix). com plained of the space between the solicitors and txnuistd beg so v ery 'narrow. Mr. HEALD dared say, that if the Court grew largtir , as it grew older that difficulty might be set right.—(A Lugh. )—At present the Court was extremely inconvenient. . Mr. SUGDZN said that the whole of the bar felt that the place, was much too confined, and he was convinced, therefore, that it must undergo some alteration. COURT OE KING'S BENCH, Aram 15, letlOgY n. FLEM This was an action against the proprietor and publisher of the Brighton Herald, for an alleged libel on the plaintiff tried before Mr. Baron Graham, at Horsham, at the last Sussex usaizes. The plaintiff; Mr. Bernard Gregory; a banker, at Brigh ton, had built a chapel in that town ; some misunderstanding ' having taken place between him and a Mr. Hewlett, as to the right of a scat in the chapel, a letter was published in the de fendant's paper, signed With the name of Hewlett, in which it was complained that the plaintiff had given orders to twcr con stables to turn Hewlett out of the chapel when he attempted to go to his seat. The writer declared his only object in, making such a public statement was to vindicate his character from the imputation the conduct of the , defendant was Calculated to affix upon his reputation. The same paper contained a supposed defence of the pl a i n tiff' s conduct iu excluding what persons he pleased from his private chapel ; and this defence was, by the plaintiff, charged to be satirical and ironical, and thereforilibel lona. A verdict has been found for the defendant. ► Mr. GUHNIM applied for a rule to shew MMc why the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial had, on the ground of the rejection of evidence of a former libel having been published by the defendant, which, coupled with the ironical defence of the plaintiff, would have plainly manifested the intention of the de fendant. —Rule granted. . SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, Aram I6.—This morning the wind shifted to N.F., when the whole of the outward bound sailed with the following, arrived from the River yesterday, viz. —Hector, Gray, for Trieste; Tobago, Laidler, for Miramichi; General Hewitt, Williams, and Hannah, Webber, for Quebec; Aspado, Burder t for Mirarnichi; James Baillie, for St. Andrew's; Urania, Leyden, for Grenada; and the Miser, Spurgeon, for Gibraltar. PORTSSIOUTII ) Aram 16.—Wind N.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Talbot, from Chatham ; Underwood, Remington, London, for Demerara. Passed by the Frederick, Curtis, from Sierra Leone in 60 days. The British Tar, Steel, was to sail two or three days after. Sailed the Waterloo, Vittoria, and Indian Trader transport, for Chatham; Pylades, Russell, fur St..:.lohri's; N. 13, ; England, Simpson, for Quebec; and Seatialn . , Stefeard, for St. John's, N. B. FALMOUTH, APRIL 15.—Wind• IsLIV.-.Arrived the Fame, Anwyl, from Cette. Off the Port the Hannah, —, from London, for Miramichi. Sailed the Plover Packet for Jamaica; Union, Haskins, for London; and Esther, Hong 'will, for Cork. Ltvzaroot., APRIL 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrised thR West morland, Airy, from Bahia; Indefatigable, Smith, from Paraiba ; Pandora, Corry, Ilarbadoes; Lucien, Gyles, and tray, White, from Savannah; .111ontezunca, Wioks, from Philadelphia; Johnson, St. John's, N. B. ; and the, , Lancashire, Witch, fro m Lisbon. • CORK, Arum 13.--Sailed the. Nutee trartaport for Gibraltar and Alelta, with troop& - Arrived off Dover the Atlax,lieed, from Nassau. A letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Deal, dated yesteittla says----" We beg leave to acquaint you for general information, that the Buoy on the South end of the Goodwin Sands is dt pte ,sent without its distinguishing Staff and Vane.l! • LONDON MARKETS. CORN EXCWANOIL The arrivals of last week w ere small : this morning ttieresif tolerable supply from the countiesi of Essex, Ken; coil Suffolk, and a few vessels from the north. Wheat, notWitlititandinutlie short supply, with difficulty obtains the terms of Monday Barley is exceedingly dull, and mast be stated is. lower than this day se'nuight. Beans and Pease sell slowly at last, week's prico,! . The Oat trade is excessively languid, but cannot be quoted lower, than last week. There is much vagueness and uncertainty about the top price of Flour--some factors quoting it, tiOs., and Obeli at the !Omer rate bbs. ARRIVALS OF LAST WEFTS:, English Wheat 4530 Qrs. English 1'C4611 Barley 4,049 Irish Oats- • Malt 4 8 ,472 Foreign Barley .. — Oats ,271 (fats 2110 Beal.ii 935 • English Flour , 7,4411 81SYks: • Beaus, Sin all(new) 414? . „ 274 Qts, kora, Wheat, lted (old) --- Mike (old) --a —s Ited (111219 501; h7a Ile 158 s 8.2 t; „..•—s - Tii l / 4 , Lnew )... 3143711 (old) - It arrots (new): 3/10 .4011 • , (old) .—s ,--s .. Drank , ;10s Oats, Feed • - gif 23, mile • A ns 24s ---Poland 'l'll4 t4s Superfine 603 02s White(lo2s) 54s riffs Fine Superfine Ns 70s llye (new) 3(is 40s Barley Ns 2ffs Fine (new) . 30s 32M -Superfine 14s 36s Malt litis -Fine fits 62s • - Pouttoe . .. . . 24s 26$ fine "7a 24,111 - Neaten Flour (per attek).. 'ION Us beeonda 4SN GU* North cnutitry 4fin 41ss Branl;ir 14r Peas (hey (new) 394 41s —Maple (new) 41s 42s —White (new) 40s 44s ----Boilers 49s 50s GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OFORAIN,IrItObt THE RECEIVED IN THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 8. Wheat, 58s. 6d. ; Barley, 31s. 1 Uil. ; Oats, 235. 4 1 1 .; kite, 375. 84. ; Beans, 355..,5d. ; Peas, 37s Id. AVERAGE BY THE IMPERIAL. QMARTER. Wheat.; 60a. 4d. ; Barley, 325. 10t1. • Oats, 245..0t1. ; 375. Ott. Bums 365. 6d. ; Peas, 395. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado §ugar,eownstpB. A pril.lll. 1828, i s 31 s . lid. per cwt. SMITUFIELLI MARKET, Aran.'l7.' I "' The following is an accurate Report of ths nurtibeWii4ll prices atStnithlielti Market this morning 3- CATTLE AT mAnkrr Beasts 2,198 1 Sheep and Yraift Calves To sink the Offal, per stone of ttlh• Reef 3s 4d to at 0 Veal ..„.,... Gs Ocl to Gs 6 't Mutton ds 64 to at ild I Po:k .. ... as 04 to de 0 ,) Lamb fis lid to 7s 8 4. IIAY ANTI STRAW, PER 1.0A1). Flay Straw -£1 Ifis to X. 2 .i:~, . '''k~.: s ~..:, mr Ti Ed iE w ß ar tt d cE G N ib T b A on nn w v au cT e i fi n c l.— ho W cacti o a ul t : entr i n i d erst enntot a tt il ko d es tli t i o l , , be served on the solicitor for the prosecution, stath%, his anxiety to submit himself to any judicial inquiry, and that for such purpose he wilPattend at any- * and place his accusers may appoint, provided tax do previous notice be sent of such appointment H arm er, Ms solicitor.—( Sunday Paper.)